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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:47 am
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Alright, so I've been tryin' to figure out .... WHICH WOODS ARE BEST?!?! I have a fender FSR Hot rod Jazz that i believe is out of Alder which sounds great but overall which woods are supposed to sound which way? Which woods demonstrate higher quality? Which woods would certain genres of music favor? Just throwin' some question's out there hopefully you guys can help ! xD

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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:39 am
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Alder: full and rich, with fat low-end, nice cutting mids, and good overall warmth and sustain. Alder is generally considered to be one of the "traditional" Stratocaster body woods.
Ash: exhibits a "snappier" tone with a bright edge, but with a warm bass and long sustain. It is often considered as the other "traditional" Stratocaster body wood.
Poplar: one of the softer hardwoods, nicely resonant with a meaty tone. Many guitar manufacturers as a substitute for alder are using this wood, as it is quite similar in tone.
Basswood: the principal wood used on many Japanese made instruments. This is due both to its tonal response, (once again, very similar to Alder) as well as the fact that Basswood is much more readily available to the manufacturers in Asia.
Mahogany: deep warm mids, good sustain and nice "bite"
Maple: punchy, bright, and has a nice bite on the high end. Often used only as a laminated top instead of an entire body, as it tends to be a particularly heavy wood.
^ From the FAQs section on this site.

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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:58 am
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The following link is an excellent learning tool on the subject of tone woods.

http://www.warmoth.com/Bass/Options/WoodDescriptions.aspx

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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:12 pm
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BMW-KTM wrote:
The following link is an excellent learning tool on the subject of tone woods.

http://www.warmoth.com/Bass/Options/WoodDescriptions.aspx


Nice link.

Here is another...

http://www.jemsite.com/jem/wood.htm


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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:06 am
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Everything people have said is good info. There isn't any one wood that is "better" than another. It's a component that contributes some sort of sonic quality. There are tons of basses that have uber expensive rare woods, but they're not necessarily "better": they're just different. There are even some expensive basses that use Basswood (i.e. Music-Man Bongo).


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Well, i'm into progressive jazz, funk, and alternative rock haha as you can see I have the FSR Hot Rod Jazz which is basically a suped up American-made jazz with the SCN pickups and the Bad-ass bridge which plays amazingly do you think that Alder would be the best fit for that combination of genres? Currently it plays amazingly, I mean with Fender you get what you pay for but I was just curious as to other opinions.

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